Every change to voting rules will inevitably favor one party and also disenfranchise someone, somewhere. If Republicans are the favored party, that someone who is disenfranchised will be grounds for taking it to the courts. If Democrats are favored, the main issue becomes how many more of our 20 to 30 million non-citizens will then vote illegally.
Although ballots must remain secret, we need a way to know who cast each ballot. Florida, where I live, has that now. You put your folded up mail-in ballot into the provided envelope, which has a unique serial number, and drop it in a mailbox without need for a postage stamp. This disenfranchises no one and the envelopes--although not the enclosed ballots--are trackable back to the voter.
There are still questionable ballots and some must be ignored. What we need to make the system perfect is a way to count defective ballots separately and thereby learn whether they make a difference in the outcome. If not, no problem. Only if so, it is the 2000 election (in FL) all over again.
Every change to voting rules will inevitably favor one party and also disenfranchise someone, somewhere. If Republicans are the favored party, that someone who is disenfranchised will be grounds for taking it to the courts. If Democrats are favored, the main issue becomes how many more of our 20 to 30 million non-citizens will then vote illegally.
Although ballots must remain secret, we need a way to know who cast each ballot. Florida, where I live, has that now. You put your folded up mail-in ballot into the provided envelope, which has a unique serial number, and drop it in a mailbox without need for a postage stamp. This disenfranchises no one and the envelopes--although not the enclosed ballots--are trackable back to the voter.
There are still questionable ballots and some must be ignored. What we need to make the system perfect is a way to count defective ballots separately and thereby learn whether they make a difference in the outcome. If not, no problem. Only if so, it is the 2000 election (in FL) all over again.